The preference for indirect harm

Social Justice Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 165-184

  Royzman, Edward B ^a   Baron, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct vs. indirect harm; Kant; Omission bias; Tragic moral choices

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942591159     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019923923537     Document Type: Article

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